DNA
The first criterion for life states that all living things contain hereditary information contained in THIS that enables life to continue through reproduction
What is DNA?
This is the difference in the amount of offspring between predator and prey animals
What is....Predators tend to have fewer offspring at one time than prey animals do?
A plant will often turn toward the light for this reason
What is....to make better use of sunlight for photosynthesis?
The outer border of an animal cell
What is a cell membrane?
This photosynthesising organism is not technically a plant but is responsible for most of the Earth's oxygen supply
What is algae?
This domain includes the extremophiles
What is Domain Archaea?
The nucleotide base that links with adenine
What is thymine?
The leaves of a plant produce food in the form of a chemical called THIS
What is glucose?
If I hurt myself, I have an instinctive desire to rub the area. My body is probably trying to do this.
What is bring aid in the distribution of blood/immune response?
What is cytoplasm?
This is how living things maintain a stable internal environment
What is carefully controlling the chemical processes inside them?
This kind of cell has distinct, membrane-bound organelles
What is a Eukaryotic cell?
Described as a "twisted ladder" this is the general shape of DNA
What is a double helix?
Plants take water from the ground, carbon dioxide from the air, and energy from the sun to make their food in this process
What is photosynthesis?
Living organisms have these special structures that give them information about their environment
What are receptors?
The command center of a cell
What is a nucleus?
The process of regulation
Most biologists use the 3 Domain classification system. These are those three domains.
What are Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya?
The nucleotide base that links with cytosine
What is guanine?
Plants can produce their own energy. This is where animals get energy.
What is...by eating plants and other animals?
The third criterion for life
What is living things sense and respond to their environment?
The parts of the cell that has specific jobs to do for the cell
An organism that breaks down dead remains of other organisms
What is a decomposer?
This is the correct order of Taxonomic Classification from least specific to most specific (your answer should have 7 taxons)
What is Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species?
This is what DNA stands for
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
When plants make more energy than they need, it is stored as THIS, often in the roots like potatoes.
What is starch?
If I touch something hot, I will experience this sensation which tells me to move my hand
What is pain?
This type of cell has a cell wall and a central vacuole that helps maintain rigidity
What is a plant cell?
This region of your brain makes adjustments to your breathing rate and blood sugar when you exercise
What is the hypothalamus?
We talk a lot of about the plant kingdom and animal kingdom. These are the two other kingdoms in our domain. (In the 3 domain classification system)
What are Protista and Fungi?